Legal Tool of the Week
If you think the "Legal Tool of the Week" might be, let's say, Westlaw or some new iPhone app, you are at the wrong website. In fact, it is William Ogletree, a 62-year-old Texas attorney who is the owner of…
2010
Attorney Convicted of Voting Seeks Pardon
As you may have heard, things have not been going so well for New York Governor David Paterson, who has announced he will not run for another term. Another scandal has since come to light (although considering what the previous…
Clown Trouble
Neither example involves actual clowns, but they are clown-related.
Fourth Circuit Reinstates Exploding-Sandwich Lawsuit
More sandwich news today: the Fourth Circuit has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a Florida carnival operator who claimed that his face and lips were burned by hot grease that exploded out of a McDonald's fried-chicken sandwich when he bit…
Laziest Man in the World Is Not American
Not right at the moment, anyway.
BREAKING NEWS: Smithsonian Doesn’t Want O.J.’s “Acquittal Suit”
“Not appropriate for our collection,” says the revered institution.
City Council Sues Itself, Seeks Costs for Frivolous Lawsuit
If it wins, of course, it will have to pay itself the fine.
Sandwiches Not Sufficiently Meaty, Lawsuit Claims
Saying that certain Blimpie's sandwiches do not live up to advertising claims, Ronald Williams and Jennifer Clayton have sued the chain's owner in Madison County, Illinois, on behalf of a class of similarly situated consumers. (If any.) Plaintiffs claim that…
New Royals Mascot Reportedly Training to Avoid Further Hot-Dog Incidents
TMZ is reporting that the Kansas City Royals have selected the next person who will wear the Sluggerrr mascot costume, and that the new guy is planning to go through a "mascot boot camp" run by Dave Raymond, the original…
Dog-Flinging Mascot Blamed for Eye Injury
It's been almost a year since my last mascot story — that one was in March 2009, after somebody punched McGruff the Crime Dog in the face — so I had been on the lookout for one. But I did not…